# web-quality-audit

Runs an evidence-led web quality audit across performance, accessibility, SEO, and best practices using live browser telemetry and source code.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 32700 installs · ★ 2990
- Author: web-quality-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/addyosmani/web-quality-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/web-quality-audit/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/web-quality-skills-web-quality-audit

## What it does

The skill coordinates evidence-based audits without relying on a single vanity score. It connects live browser measurements to specific source files. Checks target Core Web Vitals thresholds (LCP under 2.5s, INP under 200ms, CLS under 0.1), WCAG AA color contrast (minimum 4.5:1), keyboard accessibility, robots.txt validity, and Content Security Policy headers.

Tool routing adapts to your setup. It prefers performance traces via Chrome DevTools MCP with `performance_start_trace` and `performance_analyze_insight`, falling back to Lighthouse CLI or CrUX data. For local file checks without running a server, `scripts/analyze.sh <path>` acts as a quick smoke test.

The static analyzer cannot replace a rendered-page audit, and Chrome DevTools MCP `lighthouse_audit` reloads the page unless run in snapshot mode.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add addyosmani/web-quality-skills --skill web-quality-audit -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/web-quality-audit/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/web-quality-audit/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add addyosmani/web-quality-skills --skill web-quality-audit -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/web-quality-audit/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add addyosmani/web-quality-skills --skill web-quality-audit -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/web-quality-audit/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install addyosmani/web-quality-skills web-quality-audit
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/web-quality-audit/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add addyosmani/web-quality-skills --skill web-quality-audit -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/addyosmani/web-quality-skills --path skills/web-quality-audit
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/web-quality-audit/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add addyosmani/web-quality-skills --skill web-quality-audit -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/addyosmani/web-quality-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/web-quality-audit/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- measure Core Web Vitals against LCP, INP, and CLS thresholds
- detect keyboard accessibility gaps and low color contrast under WCAG AA
- audit crawlability, sitemaps, and robots.txt directives
- find missing CSP headers and exposed source maps in production code

## Example prompts
- Run a web quality audit on this project
- Review web quality and check page performance against Core Web Vitals
- Run lighthouse audit on our current state

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: web-quality-audit
description: Run an evidence-led web quality audit covering performance, accessibility, SEO, best practices, and agentic browsing. Use when asked to "audit my site", "review web quality", "run lighthouse audit", "check page quality", or "optimize my website".
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: web-quality-skills
  version: "2.0"
---

# Web quality audit

Comprehensive quality review that combines live browser evidence with source inspection. Covers Performance, Accessibility, SEO, Best Practices, and Agentic Browsing without treating an aggregate score as proof of quality.

> **Lighthouse 13+.** The Performance category now uses shared **Performance Insights** across Lighthouse and the DevTools Performance panel ([announcement](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/moving-lighthouse-to-insights)). Follow current insight names and evidence. Do not require removed audit IDs or automatically recreate their recommendations; some were retired because they were noisy, inactionable, or easy to over-recommend.

## How it works

1. Establish the audit target: representative URLs, important states and journeys, public versus authenticated access, and mobile/desktop scope.
2. If a page can run, read [the measurement workflow](../performance/references/MEASUREMENT.md) and collect a minimal live baseline before searching the codebase broadly.
3. Use runtime failures to localize source inspection. Keep measured findings separate from hypotheses found only in code.
4. Categorize by user impact and confidence, then make or recommend specific fixes.
5. Re-run equivalent automated checks and the affected manual flows. Report what is verified and what still needs field or human validation.

## Tool routing

Use the best capability already available; do not block the audit on optional setup.

| Need | Preferred route | Fallback |
|------|-----------------|----------|
| Performance and Core Web Vitals | Record a browser performance trace and analyze focused insights; with Chrome DevTools MCP, use `performance_start_trace` then `performance_analyze_insight` | Lighthouse CLI or PageSpeed Insights lab data |
| Real-user performance | CrUX values included in current DevTools trace summaries | PageSpeed Insights/CrUX Vis; direct CrUX API only when a key is already available or automation is requested |
| Accessibility, SEO, Best Practices, Agentic Browsing | Run a live Lighthouse audit; with Chrome DevTools MCP, use `lighthouse_audit` | Category-specific Lighthouse CLI audits plus manual checks |
| Rendered semantics and interaction | Inspect the accessibility tree and exercise the UI; with Chrome DevTools MCP, use `take_snapshot` and focused `evaluate_script` | Browser/manual testing |
| Source smoke test | `scripts/analyze.sh <path>` | Direct source inspection |
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